That USED to be my house

The day finally came to tear down the house. I had never seen a house be bulldozed before - it is quite the scene let me tell you. It is amazing to me that it takes 6 months + to build a house yet the entire thing can be flattened in a matter of 30 minutes.

Tommy woke me up around 8:30 Friday morning to let me know that they were there and ready to go. I dragged myself out of bed because who in the world would want to miss such an event? Not me. In a matter of 10 minutes they began tearing down the house with a giant track hoe. Everyone keeps asking me if I was upset. Honestly, not so much. I am a pretty emotional person normally but we had only lived in this house right at a year. I hadn't made enough long term memories there yet to really be TOO upset. At this point I was almost happy to see it be dozed. I was so tired of going in that burnt house to look for things, etc. I checked out mentally of that house a couple of weeks ago I think. Ready to move on!

The tearing down was pretty impressive. I took a ton of pictures and video which you can see here.

So now what? Time to get this party started! Let's build a house! We have chosen Brian Stevens homes to do the job. He is from Haubstadt and is a second generation builder who comes highly recommended. Most importantly he could do the job in the amount of time needed for the best price which is really what you are looking for in a builder. Super nice guy who we are looking forward to working with.

This week we also had all of the hardwood delivered for our floors and we met with a cabinet maker yestrday in Loogootee. Things are coming along! It's finally starting to get a little fun - picking out what goes into the house is what I've been waiting for!